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decay wrote:
iTunes has transformed from a personal music management and playback program into a delivery system for purchased content from Apple. They don't really want you adding your own media. There's no CD drives in Macs any more, notice that? Also no DVD players.
iTunes and iPhone are now about add-on purchases. So is the macOS, with the App Store. Apple even removed Software Update to make you use the App Store.
Apple really cares about Apple's bottom line, not user enjoyment - unless that enjoyment involves spending MORE money at Apple.
They should respect their long time customers more. #sad!
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I read an interesting tech story a couple of years ago about app developers in San Francisco who develop apps for iOS devices.
It basically talked about how app developers are creating apps that are only useful to those who live in their little universe.
The main story was about some guy who developed a "laundromat" app. The app allowed you to hook up with people who would pick up your laundry at your home, and then drop it off back at your home after cleaning. Normal people do not do their own laundry, right? Of course, the people doing the cleaning were using existing laundromats to do their work.
What happened next was that after these app developers moved in, the already insane real estate prices escalated to beyond insane, and the laundromat owners could no longer afford the rent, so they closed.
So, the app developer essentially killed off his own business.
I believe this is called poetic justice.
